Cognitive science applies diverse tools and perspectives to study human language.
Recently, an exciting body of work has examined linguistic phenomena through the lens of …

Over the last few years, the number of corpora that can be used for language comparison
has dramatically increased. The corpora are so diverse in their structure, size and …

The present paper discusses the benefits and challenges of token-based typology, which
takes into account the frequencies of words and constructions in language use. This …

The choice associated with words is a fundamental property of natural languages. It lies at
the heart of quantitative linguistics, computational linguistics and language sciences more …

Low-resource languages (LRL) with complex morphology are known to be more difficult to
translate in an automatic way. Some LRLs are particularly more difficult to translate than …

The prevalence of redundancy in the world languages has long puzzled language
researchers. It is especially surprising in light of the growing evidence on speakers' …

Abstract Language complexity is an intriguing phenomenon argued to play an important role
in both language learning and processing. The need to compare languages with regard to …

All living beings try to save effort, and humans are no exception. This groundbreaking book
shows how we save time and energy during communication by unconsciously making …

Cross-linguistic studies focus on inverse correlations (trade-offs) between linguistic
variables that reflect different cues to linguistic meanings. For example, if a language has no …

Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest in communicative efficiency. It has
been argued that language users act efficiently, saving effort for processing and articulation …